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Obviously we knew that NVIDIA would eventually release another Shield Android tablet which will showcase their newest Tegra X1 chipset. The current NVIDIA Shield includes the previous-gen Tegra K1 chipset and easily has the highest level of performance for any tablet on the market.

Of course, NVIDIA continues to evolve their technology and the new Tegra X1 chipset will be based on a newer architecture which aims to improve that performance even further. The latest intel suggests this new super-powered Tegra X1 Shield tablet is already in the works and should hit retail sometime in the middle of this year (probably around July). We should find out something more official during the GPU Technology Conference on March 17th.

Fore reference, here's a breakdown of the major advances found in the Tegra X1:

It's amazing how much NVIDIA really pushes the performance envelope of mobile tech. We can't wait to check out the next iteration of NVIDIA Shield with that juicy Tegra X1! Additional rumors suggest it will be an 8-inch device. What do you guys think of NVIDIA's tablets and chipset technology?